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Researcher · Optica · United States

Oscar W. Richards

Oscar W. Richards publishes mostly in Biomedical Engineering, Surfaces, Coatings and Films and History and Philosophy of Science, on topics such as Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques, Impact of Light on Environment and Health and History of Science and Natural History.

OpenAlex
World rank
#2,477,864
of 7,710,434 ranked researchers
Rank in United States
#731,649
of 1,627,098
Works
213
Citations
3.7k
Citations per work
17.1
h-index
23
i10-index 45Top 18% in Biomedical Engineering
Oscar W. Richards

What does Oscar W. Richards research?

Oscar W. Richards's work is mostly in Engineering (9%), Materials Science (5%), Arts and Humanities (5%).

Everything else: 146 works · 68.7% of their workPhysical Sciences: 47 works · 22.0% of their workEngineering: 18 works · 8.6% of their workBiomedical Engineering: 18 works · 8.6% of their workMaterials Science: 12 works · 5.4% of their workSurfaces, Coatings and Films: 12 works · 5.4% of their workEnvironmental Science: 9 works · 4.0% of their workGlobal and Planetary Change: 9 works · 4.0% of their workPhysics and Astronomy: 9 works · 4.0% of their workAtomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics: 9 works · 4.0% of their workSocial Sciences: 10 works · 4.9% of their workArts and Humanities: 10 works · 4.9% of their workHistory and Philosophy of Science: 10 works · 4.9% of their workLife Sciences: 9 works · 4.4% of their workBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology: 9 works · 4.4% of their workMolecular Biology: 9 works · 4.4% of their workTHEIR WORKOscar W. Richards213works
Life Sciences4%Physical Sciences22%Social Sciences5%

Their six largest subfields, inside their fields and domains; the grey slice is everything else they publish. The interactive view splits every one of their works down to single topics.

The fields and subfields, with their numbers
  1. Everything else14668.7%
    1. Engineering188.6%
    2. Materials Science125.4%
    3. Environmental Science94.0%
    4. Physics and Astronomy94.0%
    1. Arts and Humanities104.9%
    1. Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology94.4%
  1. 1Biomedical Engineering9% of their works
  2. 2Surfaces, Coatings and Films5% of their works
  3. 3History and Philosophy of Science5% of their works
  4. 4Molecular Biology4% of their works
  5. 5Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics4% of their works
  6. 6Global and Planetary Change4% of their works

Research topics

Which keywords describe Oscar W. Richards's research?

The keywords of their largest research topics: Scanning Electron Microscopy, X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy, Economic Growth, Nighttime Light Data, Global History, Science Circulation, Neural Processing and Visual Perception.

Size is their works in the topics tagged with each word, from their 8 largest topics. Each links to the topic it comes from most. The words come from the keyword list OpenAlex gives each topic, not from the text of the papers, so a word can appear that none of the papers uses.

All 16 words, with their numbers
  1. Scanning Electron Microscopy201 topic
  2. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy201 topic
  3. Economic Growth141 topic
  4. Nighttime Light Data141 topic
  5. Global History111 topic
  6. Science Circulation111 topic
  7. Neural Processing101 topic
  8. Visual Perception101 topic
  9. Camera Calibration81 topic
  10. Cryo-Electron Microscopy81 topic
  11. Myopia81 topic
  12. Single-Particle Analysis81 topic
  13. Structured Light81 topic
  14. Visual Impairment81 topic
  15. Clinical Photography71 topic
  16. Digital Photography71 topic

Where does Oscar W. Richards work?

Oscar W. Richards's main affiliation in the publication record is Optica, United States.

How many publications and citations does Oscar W. Richards have?

OpenAlex counts 213 works and 3,651 citations for Oscar W. Richards, an h-index of 23, ranking #2,477,864 of 7,710,434 researchers worldwide on the quality score.

Ranked on field-normalised citation excellence (50%), output (30%) and citations (20%). Counts come from OpenAlex author records, which occasionally merge different people who share a name or split one person into several.

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